Four members of a same family died due to electrocution on Tariq Road in the Muslim Ganj area Sheikhupura.
According to police and rescue sources, the deceased include three brothers and their grandmother.
The incident occurred after eight-year-old Matiur Rehman went to switch on the fan before going to sleep but he received an electric shock.
In a bid to rescue the boy, his 10-year-old brother Abdul Manan, 12-year-old brother Abdur Rehman and 55-year-old grandmother got electrocuted.
Rescue teams, police personnel and a large number of locals reached the spot to express their sympathy with the family.
According to sources, electrocution incident occurred in the house of rickshaw driver Asad Ali. As Ali reached home, he found four members of the family dead and pedestal fan was lying on the dead body of his mother.
